International Manga Award
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International Manga Award is an award established to encourage non-Japanese mangaka in 2007. This award was created by Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, who proposed this award in a policy speech he gave in Tokyo's Akihabara district in 2006. [1][2]
[edit] Winners
The International MANGA Award:
- Sun Zi's Tactics by Lee Chi Ching (China)
"Shorei" Award:
- 1520 by KAI (Hong Kong/China)
- Le Gardenie by Benny Wong Thong Hou (Malaysia)
- Hollow Fields by Madeleine Rosca (Australia)
[edit] References
- ^ Speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Taro Aso at Digital Hollywood University. Retrieved on Sept 12, 2007.
- ^ Japan Launches International Manga Award. Retrieved on Sept 12, 2007.
